Portable wagon-loader



.(NO Model.)

J.B. EVELETH. PORTABLE WAGON LOADER.

NO. 482,169. Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES E. EVELETII, OF SALIX, IOWA.

PORTABLE WAGON-LOADER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,169, dated September 6, 1892.

Application led March 18, 1892. Serial No. 425,461. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. EvELErH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salix, inthe county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Wagon-Loaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to portable loadingmachines, and more especially to that class thereof known as shoveling devicesg and the object of the same is to effect certain improvements in the details of construction thereof.

To this end the invention consists in the speciic construction of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the drawings,wherein- Figure 1 is a plan View of this machine, showing the scoop as just passing onto the incline. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof, showing the scoop as in the act of dumping and also showing the manner of using the hinged directing-board and the hinged receiving-board. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine as being moved along the road.

Referring to the said drawings, l 1 are wheels mounted on an axle 2, from which extend normally-vertical risers 3, and 4 is a beam at each side, about twenty feet in length, standing normally at an angle to the horizontal and having its lower end beveled off, so as to rest squarely on the ground. These beams are supported by said risers, horizontal braces 5 being provided to steady the parts. The length of the beams and arrangement of parts are such that when their beveled ends are raised from the ground so that the beams will be about horizontal (see Fig. 3) the whole structure will about balance on the main axle 2. The two beams a diverge toward their forward ends and are connected by joists G, (seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) upon which is secured an inclined flooring 7, the lowermost joist being smaller than the others to permit the beveled ends of the beams to rest upon the ground. The next adjacent joist is, however, of the size of those remaining, as seen; but by the inclination of the structure the lower face of this second joist stands higher than that of the lowermost joist when said beveled ends rest upon the ground. 8 are side boards secured by screws 9 to the edges of this flooring, above whose upper face they rise for a short distance, as seen, the screws permitting their removal or substitution when desired. 10 is a receiving-board connected by hinges 11 with the lower end of the fiooring in such manner that it may be raised, as in Fig. 3, when the machine is to be moved, or may be let down in exact alignment with the iooring, as seen in Fig. 2. At this time the free edge of this board enters the ground slightly, since the bevel of the lower ends of the side beams and the small size of the lowermost joist permit the hinge to come very near the ground.

For moving the machine I preferably provide the following devices: 15 is a staple secured in the second joist, and 16 is a ring connected with a staple 17, which is seated in the outer face of the lowermost joist at a point below the lowermost position of the receiving-board to permit the latter to be lowered, as seen in Fig. 2, without interfering with the ring or staple. To move the machine a short distance, as to change its position, an operator may grasp this ring, the'k board 10 being raised out of the way, and draw the machine as desired; but totransport the machine over the road or for some considerable distance a pole or tongue is used and horses hitched thereto, as usual. The body of this pole stands under the lowermost joist, as seen, while its inner end is reduced, as at 19, to enter the staple 15, and 2O is a hook secured in a staple 21 in the pole at a proper point to take into the ring 16, and thus connect the pole with the framework of the machine in such manner that the reduced inner end 19 cannot disengage the staple 15. The weight of said machine is, as above stated, so disposed thatit will nearly balance over the axle 2 when the pole is raised and sustained in horizontal position by the horses, and hence there will be but little weight on them. At the upper ends of the beams 4 uprights 25 rise therefrom and are connected by a transverse bar 26, being also preferably braced, as at 27, and additionally strengthened by a rod 28. The ooring terminates where IOO the risers connect with the beams, and between the latter above the risers is an opening 29, under which a wagon may be driven, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In order t0 direct the dumpings away from the machine, I may provide an inclined rigid chute-board 30, to Whose lower edge I hinge, as at 3l, a

through a block 41, carried by an eye of the bail 42o`f the scoop, thence back andthrongh a block 43, connected `with saidfbar, thence down through theopening 29 and fthrough a block 44, (of which there are two, `one carried Y by each friser,) and 'thence away to the horse* The 'bail 42 ispivoted tothe body of the scoop, as seen, so that said body @may dump, 'and 4for the 'purposeof j or Iother `source of power.

causing the dumping to `take place'automatiically Iprovide 'the stop 49 at the upperend f o'f the flooring, as 'usual in linachifnes of this character.

The operation, with itheuses andladvan-- tages of iny machine, lis as follows: "lhetearn` being hitched to the pole,"the @machine is drawn to thesceneof operationsfind the-pole removed. This permits the nfro'ntielge ofthe l flooring to fall onto the ground, and 'the hinged receiving-board `is then brought into alignment with the iiooring and slightly enn-V bedded 'fin the `ground, 'the reduced lower? joists'and beveled lower ends of thebeahis permitting, `as seen in 2, so fas to prevent Yett'hsi the scoop from catching thereon. board may be at anytime raised to gain access to the ring, as when it tis "desired to slightly alter the position ot the machine. A wagon `is then driven transverselylacrossthe rear end ot' the machine `under *thelchlrte aind the directing-board adjusted so fas 'to deliver:

the dumpin-gs to any Ypart of ithe 'wagn-bhdy and also to `prevent 'the'm rfrom Fsp'illing `overl or failing to 1-fa'll intosaidbody. Sideiboards of the desired height are `then secured inf place, *the Ascoop adjusted, fand `one or 'more` horses hitched tothe rope R, according to the? size of the scoop andthe weight andrdens'ity of the material to be hauled anddelivered One operator "then attends to the scoop in a manner which will ybe clean into the wagon.

and another drives the horse, who may be at either side of the machine, as permitted by the two blocks 44. When the horse is started, the scoop may be thirty feet or more from the receiving-board, and as it is drawn forward the operator there directs its mouth into the soil or under the manure, so as to collect the desired quantity, after which the scoop is caused to simply `slide over the ground. It may then be released and the rope R will draw it to and over the embedded receivingboard onto and r up the `llooring until it strikes th'e stop 49,

when it will automatically dump its contents through the chute and into any part of the wagon-body, according as the directing-board is adjusted. The iiooring stands -at so gentle -an yangle that an 'operator may walk up the `same to draw the scoop back to operative position, or an additional rope `50 may `be provided for this purpose, as seen indotted lines in Fig. 2. Inthe act of dumping the scoop turns over so that its bail falls onto the rod 28, which prevents the scoop falling through the chute, and the latter may therefore be made'larger 'than usual, so that the dumpings will Vnot choketherein. The location o the bar 26 above the plane of "the hooringeau'ses the `rope R to also stand labove said 'flooring and holds the block 43 and rope Yout of the manure, if 'the machine is used for loading that substance.

What is claimed `as new is- A portable wagonloader 'comprising "an axle and supporting-whee1s,a loading-p1at lform having a dumping-stop, a dischargeopening, -and a. chute at its upper end and a receiving-board hinged to its lower en'dfsaid Iplat't'orrneornprising *inclined sidebeams sup- ;ported by risers from the axle, transverse .joists and 5a Tlooring, uprights 'at the upper 'ends of said beamfs, across-brace and asta- Itionary -rod connecting the uprights, 4a shovel- 1ing device having Va pivoted bail, anda hoistrope secured to said bail and led through -a fblock carredbythe'brace, whereby-the shovel- 1mg-*device engages said stop to cause 'it to dump and the bail engages said rod to prelvent thedevice falling *through 'the opening, all substantially as described.

In `testimon y whereof I aihx mylsignatfure in presence of two Witnesses. y

,y 'JAMES E. `EVEIHEITH. Witnesses:

A. B. RIDGEWAY, DOUGLAS W. WRIGHT.

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